Bioinspired superwetting oil–water separation strategy: toward the era of openness

Z Liu, Y Si, C Yu, L Jiang, Z Dong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinspired superwetting oil–water separation strategies have received significant attention
for their potential in addressing global water scarcity and aquatic pollution challenges. Over …

Droplet manipulation on superhydrophobic surfaces based on external stimulation: A review

C Yang, Q Zeng, J Huang, Z Guo - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic surfaces are smart surfaces with high water contact angles and low
surface energy. When water droplets rest on superhydrophobic surfaces, they often stay at …

Wetting ridge‐guided directional water self‐transport

L Wang, K Yin, Q Deng, Q Huang, J He… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Directional water self‐transport plays a crucial role in diverse applications such as
biosensing and water harvesting. Despite extensive progress, current strategies for …

Dual-bionic superwetting gears with liquid directional steering for oil-water separation

Z Liu, Z Zhan, T Shen, N Li, C Zhang, C Yu, C Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Develo** an effective and sustainable method for separating and purifying oily
wastewater is a significant challenge. Conventional separation membrane and sponge …

Light-induced charged slippery surfaces

F Wang, M Liu, C Liu, Q Zhao, T Wang, Z Wang… - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Slippery lubricant-infused porous (SLIPS) and superhydrophobic surfaces have emerged as
promising interfacial materials for various applications such as self-cleaning, anti-icing, and …

Stretch-controlled branch shape microstructures for switchable unidirectional self-driven spreading of oil droplets

H Zhang, P Wang, Y Liu, S Dai, Y Zhu… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Unidirectional transport of liquids has attracted the attention of researchers in recent years
for its wide application foreground. However, it is still a challenge to control the spreading of …

Liquid–solid triboelectric probes for real‐time monitoring of sucrose fluid status

T Liu, W Mo, X Zou, B Luo, S Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric probes have rapidly developed as an efficient tool for understanding contact
electrification at liquid–solid interfaces. However, the liquid–solid electrification process is …

Thermo-adaptive interfacial solar evaporation enhanced by dynamic water gating

Y Wang, W Zhao, Y Lee, Y Li, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Solar-driven evaporation offers a sustainable solution for water purification, but efficiency
losses due to heat dissipation and fouling limit its scalability. Herein, we present a bilayer …

Bioinspired superwetting materials for water manipulation

X Leng, L Sun, Y Long, Y Lu - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water manipulation is crucial for a wide range of engineering applications, such as
microfluidics, heat transfer, desalination, and water harvesting. Despite scientific …

Kirigami enabled reconfigurable three-dimensional evaporator arrays for dynamic solar tracking and high efficiency desalination

H Li, W Zhang, X Liao, L Xu - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
A kirigami-engineered composite hydrogel membrane is exploited for the construction of
three dimensional (3D) solar-tracking evaporator arrays with outstanding evaporation …